Lateral Thinking Questions
ANSWER: L.T.Q. #40 
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 13:34:10
This question is dedicated to my nephew Matthew, and his friend, the Very Hungry
Caterpiller. You will be able to see the Menu
of the Very Hungry Caterpiller coming soon to my web site near you!
Here is this week's question:
A man walked into a take-away pizza parlour. He ordered one deep-pan pizza
with cheese, tomatoes, and double anchovies, one crispy pizza with
asparagus, cheese and tuna, one house special with extra cheese, two
portions of onion rings, a diet cola with ice, a diet cola without ice, a
water, and an orange juice. The woman behind the counter served him and then
said, "You are a plainclothes police officer, aren't you?" The man was
indeed a plainclothes officer. He had never been in the pizza parlour
before, and the woman didn't know him and had never seen him before, so how
did she know what he did?
ANSWER:
At 11 p.m. every Thursday evening, a police officer (in uniform) would come into the pizza parlour
and place a particular order, which the night shift at the local station then shared. One Thursday
evening, the man in plain clothes came and placed the same regular order.
What I want to know is: A) Why didn't they place the order over the phone for delivery?
B) Why were the same officers always working the same Thursday night shifts?
C) How could they stand to eat the same thing every Thursday night?
D) How could they stand to eat that muck (and I mean muck!)?
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